India successfully test-fires supersonic interceptor missile
India successfully test-fires supersonic interceptor missile
The Target Missile-- A Prithvi Missile-- Was Launched From Launch Complex 3 Of The Integrated Test Range (ITR) At Chandipur. PTI | Updated on: 28 Dec 2017, 04:10:01 PM
Balasore:
India on Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile in low altitude, from a test range in Odisha.
This was the third supersonic interceptor test carried out this year in which an incoming ballistic missile target was successfully intercepted, within 30 km altitude of the earth's atmosphere by an interceptor.
"It was a direct hit and grand success," Defence sources said after the test launch.